During the recent Ducati North America dealer meeting in Miami, Dealernews had the opportunity to chat with Ducati CEO, Gabriele Del Torchio. During the interview Del Torchio remarked that Ducati was essentially a premium manufacturer making toys for adults. No, not those ones!
Hot on the heels of the announcement of the details of the new Superquadro engine that will power the Ducati 1199 Panigale comes this video. For some reason the various Ducati executives speak only in Italian but the video is pretty! Ciao.
Ducati have revealed many of the details of the radical new powerplant termed the ‘Superquadro’ that will power its next generation Superbike the 1199 Panigale. The new engine is a tabula rasa masterpiece producing 195bhp at 10,750rpm. Check out the image gallery after the jump.
With just a matter of weeks to go until the final unveiling of Ducati’s brand new 1199 Panigale at the EICMA International Motorcycle Show in Milan (10-13 November), the Italian manufacturer now reveals the secrets behind the awesome power of its 2012 Superbike.
Exactly one year ago today Valentino Rossi took victory in MotoGP on a Yamaha M1 in Sepang, Malaysia. As you can see he was very happy indeed since it was his first victory in 9 races. Rossi had won the opening race of the season in Qatar only to crash out and badly break his [...]
Newly crowned FIM Superstock champion, Davide Giugliano, provided the best opportunity so far for a closer look at the 2012 Ducati 1199 Panigale in Superbike spec as the Althea rider tested the new bike on track. Giugliano is expected to ride a Ducati 1198R Superbike next year alongside Carlos Checa in the Althea team. Source: [...]
I wasn’t going to write anything on this site about the death of Steve Jobs. After all, this site is about Ducati not Apple. It is true that my other passion is for technology, especially that of the Cupertino variety, but these two worlds are distinct aren’t they? And then I realized that they aren’t.
The Redux series is all about bringing back blasts from the past that our newer readers may not have caught first time around. Two years ago as Valentino Rossi was about to wrap up his 9th World Championship on his Yamaha M1 we boldly predicted the G.O.A.T was nevertheless destined to switch to Ducati. Turns [...]
Ducati today revealed additional 2012 model details, this time focussing on the Multistrada and Hypermotard, just weeks away from the unveiling of Ducati’s new 1199 Panigale Superbike at the EICMA International Motorcycle Show in Milan.
Ducati love a tease and a new one is currently underway concerning the Monster, this time with an interesting twist. Ducati Malaysia is promising to reveal a Monster announcement later this month just before the Sepang MotoGP.
